911 Lines in Sutherlin and Oakland Experiencing Disrupted Service

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office has been made aware of a telephone line issue affecting residents ability to call 911 from their landline telephones. This problem is affecting residents of the Sutherlin and Oakland areas and is expected to last until sometime tomorrow. 911 lines in the affected areas have been switched to temporarily ring into the Sutherlin Police Department, which is staffed with a 911 dispatcher only until 1:00 a.m. After 1:00 a.m., the only way to reach 911 will be from a mobile phone.